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 PlaybackFrom the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and Moneyby Mark Coleman Feb 1, 2005
DescriptionPlayback is the first book to place the fascinating history of sound reproduction within its larger social, economic, and cultural context-and includes appearances by everyone from Thomas Edison to Enrico Caruso to Dick Clark to Grandmaster Flash to Napster CEO Shawn Fanning. In a narrative that begins with Edison's cylinder and ends with digital music, the ubiquitous iPod, and the file-sharing wars, this is a history we have all experienced in one way or another. From the Victrola, the 78, the 45, and the 33 1/3 to the 8-track, cassette, compact disc, DAT, and MP3, the story of Playback is also the story of music, and the music business in the twentieth century and beyond. Reviews"Playback is full of fascinating riffs on sound machines, from Edison's phonograph to Apple's iPod." "Playback is a breezy, informative history of the continuing dalliance between music and machines." "Comprehensive, well-researched and thoroughly engaging.... Playback traces the development of musical technology from wax cylinders to iPods and revealingly illustrates how, with each new innovation, reactionary forces in the business panicked, cried wolf and tried to shut it all down." "A sharp, static-free overview of the evolution of audio technology." "The history of recorded music (all 126 years) is brought together succinctly in Mark Coleman's Playback. Selling TerritoryWorld Excluding UK & Commonwealth |
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